Bellwood · Licensed center
Little Achievers Child Care Develop Ctr
- Large center, licensed for 130 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2021.
Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 59% had rules cited at all 4, 2% at none.
Licensing inspections
Dec 3, 20259 citations
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
5 more from this inspection
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Dec 5, 20221 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Aug 6, 20211 citation
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 3, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since August 2021 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 10, 2025. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · December 3, 2025
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 373335 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 5, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 373335 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 6, 2021
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 373335 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 539 Bellwood Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE ACHIEVERS CHILD CARE DEVELOP CTR" under Provider Name and 60104 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 373335).
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.